In Re Robert J. Young and Donna M. Young, Debtors. Fowler Brothers v. Robert J. Young and Donna M. Young’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
63 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 237 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably Personette v. Kennedy (In Re Midgard Corp.) (1997), Luna Aj v. B
63 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Grogan v. Garner · Pepper v. Litton · Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · In re Disbarment of Gonzales · Chitwood v. McLemore
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 237 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... [NJeither a general fiduciary duty of confidence, trust, loyalty, and good faith, ... nor an inequality between the parties’ knowledge or bargaining power, ... is sufficient to establish a fiduciary relationship for purposes of dischargeability. 91 F.3d at 1372 .”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) that the debtor made a false representation; (2) that the debtor made the representation with the intent to deceive the creditor; (3) that the creditor reliance was justifiable; (4) that the creditor’s reliance caused the creditor to sustain a loss.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A discharge under section 727 ... does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt— (4) for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity, embezzlement, or larceny[.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.